Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes (RUCAs)
Version 1.11

RUCA ZIP Code Approximation Methodology

Download ZIP Code-Based RUCA Approximation Codes (version 1.11)

RUCA Definitions

 Census Tract RUCA Codes (version 1.11)

State Maps: Aggregated RUCA Codes by Census Tract

The Use Of RUCAS (i.e., aggregating the codes for health related work)

RUCA Basic Demographic Information (e.g., population counts) TOOL

Development Of "Remote/Frontier" RUCA - Travel Distances to Urbanized Areas and Large Rural Towns

Validation with Medicare data (forthcoming)

Additional information is available from the ERS web page: www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Rural/Data/desc.htm

 

updated September 2005